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Historically, female writers have faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.
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Once pigeonholed as “Mrs Gaskell,” a representative of outworn Victorian values, Elizabeth Gaskell is a more radical writer than you might expect.
Beyond the charm of rural Wessex, Thomas Hardy's fiction concealed a modern edge that shocked his contemporaries and secured his legacy.
